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In a situation where the job requirement doesn’t require candidates with exceptional skills, employers are looking for certain attributes in the prospective employees they intend to hire. If they are to spend too much on training and salaries on any employee, they believe that such a person should be the best they can ever get anywhere. It no longer matters what you wrote on your CV and Cover Letter, it is now what they can feel and perceive while an interview is underway.
1. Communication Ability
This is one skill that every organization would wish all their staffs possess. The ability to communicate with superiors, colleagues and other staff is something that is essential regardless of any industry you find yourself. In getting a job out there, employers want a candidate who can communicate his intent to others in a way they can understand.
2. Ability to work as a Team
When looking for a job, I suggest you take out time and explain your teamwork abilities clearly – in your resume and cover letter. You can explain how you’ve been able to successfully work with several teams in the past. Firms always look out for such attribute because the attitude of a single team member can mar or make a team’s effort.
3. Ability to act independently and take initiatives
When Steve Jobs said, “You don’t hire smart people and tell them what to do; you hire smart people to tell you what to do.” So many employers are living by this quote, and the demand for really smart people is on the increase. Employers are looking to hire people who can take initiatives on their own, work without direct supervision, and make decisions like they own the organization.
4. Problem-Solving Skills
Since the aim of any employer when trying to hire an employee is to solve a particular problem, they are really looking out for people with this kind of ability. It would sound really funny to know that naturally, some people hate encountering problems while they discharge their duties. The problem they encounter becomes a problem for them, which in turn becomes a problem for the company and lags efforts of others.
Problem-solving skills aren’t about writing it all over your CV, it is very visible when you see those who truly possess this skill. Research has shown that those who are truly problem solvers go very far in any chosen career.
5. Good Interpersonal Skills
Most sensitive positions require you to have near-perfect interpersonal skills. The way you relate, interact, and communicate with others in the workplace has a silent overall effect on productivity. Research has shown that once there is an overall feeling of togetherness in any organization, productivity is always on the increase.
Nobody wants to hire anyone who will put a deadlock in a team. The assessment of a candidate’s interpersonal skills is always judged during the interview stage.
6. Technical Skills
This is the most important of all the attributes being sought after in job candidates. Every other skill listed above is considered soft – only your technical skill is considered a hard skill. This is because it is highly important, and that is why you are going to be hired.
Consider a situation where you intend to hire a Software Developer who can communicate, lead a team, is vocal, can spot and solve problems, but has little or no idea about simple computer programming languages – pretty bad I guess. No matter the skill you have; without the appropriate technical skill to back it up, you are pretty seen as useless.
7. Honesty and Integrity
If you have all the above skills without honesty and integrity, no employer will give you the job. The reason is not farfetched, nothing kills a business faster than a dishonest employee. Besides killing a business, someone who lacks honesty and integrity can put his employer into serious trouble, involving the law or police.
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